Display-rack.



E. S. FRAZIER & A GUSTAFSO Patented May 4, 191.5.

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DISPLAY RACK.

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EDWARD S. FBAZIER AND ALFRED GUSTAFSON, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGIrBTOIBIS TO SAMUEL D. YOUNG, TRUSTEE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

DISPLAY-RACK.

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Application filed January 10, 19 10.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD S. FRAZIER and ALFRED GUs'rArsoN, citizens of the United States, residingat Aurora, in the county'of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to display-racks, and has particularly to do with movable display-racks mounted in an inclosing case and arranged to be partly withdrawn therefrom so as to make the garments carried thereby more accessible.

It has for its objectto provide a new and improved display-rack arranged so that the rack proper may be locked against rotation while'in the case, but will be automatically unlocked so that it may be rotated freely when partially withdrawn from the case. We accomplish this object as illustrated in the drawings and as hereinafter described.

What we regard as new is set forth in the claims. a

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showingthe'upper part of the display-rack and case, parts of the case being in section; Fig. 2 is a detail, being a partial horizontal section on line 22 of Fig. 5; Fig. 3 is a partial horizontal section on line of Fig. 6; Fig. 1 is a partial vertical section on line H of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a partial vertical cross-section on line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a central vertical crosssection, part of the case being broken away; and F ig. 7 is a partial vertical section on line 77 of Fig. 6.

Generallyv speaking, our improved display-rack comprises a show-case having a suitable base adapted to contain parts of the operating mechanism, an upright column or tube mounted in said case and movable transversely thereof at about the longitudinal center of the case, said column having within it an upright shaft which at its upper end carries one or more, preferably two, parallel rods to support garment hangers, and at its lower end has mechanism co6pcrating with mechanism in the base for holding said shaft againstrotation when it is shoved back into the case, but leaving it free to rotate when drawn out toward one side of the case. Such mechanism is arranged so as to automatically prevent the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1915.

Serial No. 537,178.

shaft from being moved back into the case position and to automatically move such bars into the proper position when they approximate such position at the time the shaft is to be moved back into the case. The purpose of locking the display rods against rotation when they are in their normal position in the show case is toprevent their breaking the glass of the case, as might occur owing to the fact that the case is oblong and the bars are usually longer than the width of the case.

Referring now to the drawings for a detailed description of the embodiment of our invention therein sh0wn,'7 indicates the base of the show-case, which-at one side is provided with sliding doors 8.

9 indicates a glass plate forming the opposite side of the case, and 10 indicates one of the end plates. As best shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the base 7 is a box-like structure, of which 11 is the top and 12 the bottom.

13 indicates a tubular column arranged in an upright position in the case and inclosing an-upright shaft 14, as shown in Fig. 6.

The column 13 is supported and guided so as to be movable transversely in a slot eX- tending transversely of the base by a sliding plate 15 fitted to slide in suitable grooves 16 at the sidesof said slot, as shown in Fig. 7, thus permitting the column 13 with the shaft 14: to be moved toward and from the doors 8 which are at the front side of the case.

17 indicates a block mounted on the plate 15 for further supporting the column. The inner end of the plate 15 extends under a cover-plate 18 which overlies the inner portion of the slot-in which said plate travels and is long'enough so that when the column 13 is drawn out to the limit, of its movement the inner portion of said slot remains covered. The outer or front portion of said mounted at the upper end of the column 13, as best shown in Fig. 4. As therein shown, the head 24 rests upon a disk or cone 25 which bears on the top of the column 13, anti-friction balls 26 being fitted between the head and said disk. The disk 25 is not secured to the column 13, but is screwed upon a sleeve 27 which fits in a bushing 28 fitted into the upper end of the column 13. Above the head 24 another disk or cone 29 is provided similar to the disk 25, said disk 29 being screwed upon the upper end of the sleeve 27, as also shown in Fig. 4. Antifriction balls 30 are fitted between the disk 29 and the upper portion of the head 24. It will thus be seen that the head 24 and the parts carried by the sleeve 27 together form a ball-bearing which is removableas a whole from the column and is not connected thereto, the sleeve 27 being fitted into the bushing 28. The shaft 14 extends up through the sleeve 27 and is squared at its upper end, as shown at 31 in Fig. 4, a cap 32 having a squared hole being fitted upon the squared portion of said shaft and being held in position thereon by a nut 33. The cap 32 is thus non-rotatabl'y secured to the shaft 14 and it also non-rotatably engages the arms 23 by means of depending lugs 34 at opposite sides of it, as shown in Fig. 5. By this construction when the shaft 14 rotates the arms 23 are caused to rotate with it, the head 24 turning uponth'e anti-friction balls 26-30. The arms 23 being locked to the shaft 14 in the manner described, they, of course, cannot rotate as long as the shaft 14 is held against rotation.

The lower end of the shaft 14 is provided with a cross-bar 35 which is arranged at right angles to the display rods 22 and is adapted to slide in a groove 36 formed by a pair of separated guide-bars 3738 secured to the bottom 12 of the base, as shown in Fig. 3. Said groove extends transversely of the case, as shown, and the front ends of the bars 3738 are curved away from each other to form a flaring entrance 39 to the groove 36, as shown in Fig. 3. It will be apparent that when the cross-bar 35 is turned at right angles to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, as indicated by dotted lines in said figure, it cannot be shoved back into the groove 36. Furthermore, when the shaft 14 is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, it will be free to rotate as the cross-bar 35 is then clear of the guide-bars 3738. If, however, the shaft 14 is turned so as to bring the crossbar 35 to a position forming an acute angle with the guides 3738, the curved inner faces of said guides will deflect the cross-bar so as to bring it into alinement with the slot 36 and thus permit the shaft to be moved back into the case. By this construction the shaft 14 cannot be rotated so long as the cross-bar 35 is in position to engage the guides 37-38 and consequently the display-rods 22 cannot be turned so as to strike the glass sides of the show-case, but by pulling the shaft out far enough so that the cross-bar 35 is clear of the guides 37-38 it may be rotated freely.

The column 13 is supported and guided as it is moved in and out of the case by means of a cross-head 40 secured to it near its lower end, as shown in Fig. 6, said cross-head having its ends connected respectively with oppositely-disposed swinging arms 41-42, said arms being pivoted to the bottom of the case by pivots 4344, respectively, as shown in Fig. 2. Said pivots are so located as to cause the column to move in a straight line in and out of the case when the arms 4142, which support said cross-head, swing on said pivots. The arms 41-42 are made quite heavy, as they support the weight of the column 13 and the garments carried by the display-rods. 45 indicates the pivots which connect the arms 4142 with the crosshead 40.

46 indicates a bumper for receiving the impact 'of the cross-head 40 when moved into the case. I

That which weclaim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. In a display device, the combination of a case or compartment, means comprising two cooperating members to prevent contact of the rack with the case or compartment as the rack is moved to and from the front of the case, one of said members including guide bars secured to the case and the other a part carried by the rack, said guide bars having outwardly diverging disconnected ends terminating back of the outer position of the rack member, and unlimiting the outward movement of the rack.

2. In a display device, the combination of a case or compartment, means comprising two cooperating members to prevent contact of the rack with the case or compartment as the rack is moved to and from the front of the case, one of said members including guide bars secured to the case, and having diverging and disconnected front ends, and theother a part carried by the rack, said guide bars being normally out of engaging relation with the said part carried by the rack when the rack is in front position for rotative movement and permitting outward movement of the rack member adapted to be brought into engagement therewith to turn the rack into parallelism with the case or compartment as the rack is moved toward its inner position.

3. In a display device, the combination of a case or compartment, a rack movable to and from a front position with respect to the case or compartment, two separate guide bars secured to said case or compartment and having outwardly diverging ends terminating back of the outer position of the rack, and means carried by the rack beyond the said guide bars when the rack is moved to front position and adapted to engage said guide bars when the rack is moved inward.

4:. In a display device, the combination of a case, a rotatable rack movable to and from a position at the front of the case, a guiding device connected to the case, a cross-bar connected to the rack, said cross bar being movable beyond and disengaged entirely from said guiding device when the rack is moved to front position for rotation and adapted to be brought into engagement therewith as the rack is moved from its front toward its rear position to turn the raclrinto parallel relation with the case.

5. In a display device, the combination of a case, a rotatable rack movable to and from a position at the front of the case, a guiding device comprising two separate guide bars having terminal ends diverging toward the front of and connected to the case, a crossbar connected to the rack, said cross-bar being disengaged entirely from said guiding device and unrestricted 1n 1ts outward movement to thereby when the rack is moved to front position for rotation and adapted to be brought into engagement therewith as the rack is moved from its front toward its rear position to turn the rack into parallel relation with the case.

6. A display-rack comprising a base, a

column, a cross-head connected intermediately with the lower portion of the column,

tion of the column, and swinging supports pivotally mounted at opposite sides of the line of movement of said column and connected with the end portions of said crosshead. v

EDWARD S. FRAZIER. ALFRED GUSTAFSON.

Witnessesi A A A i i E. J. PoLLooK, W. S. FRAZIER.

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Washington, D. G. 

